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The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said on Monday it would suspend humanitarian work in nearly 20 countries worldwide after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a freeze on U.S. foreign aid ...
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC; Norwegian: Flyktninghjelpen) is a humanitarian, non-governmental organisation that protects the rights of people affected by displacement. This includes refugees and internally displaced persons who are forced to flee their homes as a result of conflict, human rights violations and acute violence, as well as ...
The Norwegian Refugee Council said it has 29 U.S.-funded projects and received 24 termination notices, many for programs that had been operating under waivers during the review. This week, the U.S ...
The Norwegian Refugee Council, one of the largest humanitarian groups, called the U.S. cutoff the most devastating of any in its 79-year history. ... USA TODAY. Watch a stranger pay a family's ...
Jan Egeland of the Norwegian Refugee Council In 2021, 60 donors started new negotiations to create an updated Grand Bargain 2.0 that will cover 2020 to 2023. [ 23 ] Grand Bargain 2.0 focuses on greater support to local humanitarian agencies, improved participation of people from communities affected by humanitarian crisis and more flexible ...
The Norwegian Refugee Council also established a set of regional standby forces – NORAFRIC, NORMIDEAST and NORASIA – with personnel from Africa, the Middle East and Asia. In 2009, the various standby rosters, NORSTAFF, NORAFRIC, NORMIDEAST, NORASIA and the observer roster NOROBS, merged under the name NORCAP (Norwegian capacity to ...
The Norwegian Refugee Council warned it could reach a point that agencies halt shipments of aid altogether, as was the case when aid was restricted at the beginning of the war. ... USA TODAY. Gene ...
July – Two Norwegian Refugee Council vehicles were attacked while traveling in Dadaab refugee camp. A Kenyan driver was killed, and Steve Dennis and four other international staff were abducted for several days. After their rescue by a militia, Dennis sued Norwegian Refugee Council for negligence and was awarded 4.4 million Norwegian kroner ...